September 11, 2015
Bright Simons Named Among Quartz’s 30 African Innovators
Quartz Africa, a subsidiary of Quartz, which was lunched in June 2015 to focus on telling Africa’s stories through a lens of innovation. As part of their covering of stories about Africa, Quartx Africa has initiatied the Quartz African Innovators annual list to celebrate Africans who have developed innovative models to create social impact in the continent and globally.
They’ve been chosen for their groundbreaking work, thought-leading initiatives, creative approaches to local problems and yes, for being African innovators – Quartz Africa
According to Quartz Africa, they selected only 30 innovators for their inaugural list and they were selected from just 15 countries of 54. Among the list is the only Bright Simons, 33 years, the only Ghanaian on the list and founder of mPedigree. mPedigree focuses on solving the problem of identifying fake pharmaceuticals in any country.
It gives the customers who purchase drugs from pharmacy shops to verify the authenticity of drugs with a simple text message code. mPedigree’s innovative system is currently been used in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and India with more pilots in other countries. Read more about him here.
Find the rest of the people on the list here, which includes Didier Drogba, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Akon and Boniface Mwangi.
September 24, 2015
African Investor, Donald Hagbe, Shares Insights on Key Traits of a Business Leader
Entrepreneurship has become the key to unlocking the growth of many nations. The word entrepreneurship is becoming synonymous to young people in this new generation. Many young people are opening multinational businesses that are employing over hundreds of people which is helping solve the unemployment challenge in the world.
To help us discuss what motivate young people to quit their 6-figure salary jobs and take the risk to set-up a business, I spoke with Donald Hagbe, founder and CEO of the MonDonald Group, a multinational company that oversees and manages subsidiaries across the world. Donald is considered by many to be a man for all season due to his passion for knowledge and dedication to improving himself and the world around him. His is a university graduate in Law, Business and Finance with wide experience across business sectors throughout the world.
Kofi Yeboah (KY): What’s your favorite philosophy/quote
KY: What are the traits you would look out for in a business leader?
KY: Describe the greatest challenge you have faced and how you solved it
KY: Tell me three top reasons why you have been successful in an online business
KY: What inspired you to start the on-line business
KY: What motivates you on a daily basis?
KY: What is your message to Africa’s aspiring young business leaders and entrepreneurs?
MonDonald Group focuses on the development of companies, products and brands providing extra value on every aspect of the daily life of our customers and shareholders. Their activities span from retail commerce to publishing services, from sustainable and ecofriendly energy to agriculture, from business services to web services and education, just to name few.
Our desire for innovation and development always bring us at always lending our ears trustfully to the real customer’s needs and expectations. “We therefore do 3 things to keep it simple”, says Donald Hagbe, “we create our own companies and brands, invest in companies and brands and we do all that by empowering young entrepreneurs and keeping people and society in our mind with every investment we do.”
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